Use of ignition interlock devices by motorists convicted of drunken driving has tripled since shortly before a state law took effect in 2012 requiring first-time DUI offenders to have the device installed if they want to drive. The Day of …
The number of people killed on Minnesota roadways is on the rise again. State officials say there have been 204 deaths already this year. And, if the current pace continues, it the number could surpass the 395 fatalities in 2012. …
A Connecticut man is accused of asking other people for breath samples so he could bypass a DUI ignition device installed in his car after he was convicted of drunken driving. Clinton police charged 67-year-old Kenneth Palifka of Westbrook on …
The Minnesota Court of Appeals says fear of harm is not a defense against losing one’s driver’s license for drunken driving. The case involved a Monticello couple who got into a drunken argument at a Mora resort that turned physical …
Maybe better call that cab, after all: A new University of Florida study found that 35 percent of designated drivers had quaffed alcohol and most had blood alcohol levels high enough to impair their driving. Adam Barry, an assistant professor …
Connecticut State Police say they arrested 57 people for drunken driving and issued nearly 2,000 speeding tickets over the holiday weekend. Authorities said Tuesday that troopers also investigated 281 accidents including fatal crashes in West Hartford and North Stonington over …
About 120 people have taken nearly 125,000 sobriety tests using an ignition interlock device as part of South Dakota’s 24/7 Sobriety Program since it became available for use in October, South Dakota’s attorney general announced Monday. Attorney General Marty Jackley …
Michigan says police arrested 433 people for drunken driving during a three-week statewide crackdown. The Michigan Office of Highway Safety Planning announced results Tuesday from the enforcement effort that ran March 13-April 8. It says officers from 155 agencies participated …
South Carolina’s switch from minibottles to regular-sized liquor bottles hasn’t led to a decrease in drunken driving or any increase in funding for alcohol treatment, according to an analysis published Sunday by The Post and Courier of Charleston. Instead, South …
A judge set bail at $3.5 million for a California teenager accused of driving under the influence and causing a weekend crash that killed five family members on a southern Nevada freeway. Moapa Justice of the Peace Ruth Kolhoss on …